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Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Orden, Charles Van
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that can cut plants in hills or drills.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Chenault, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of sill having uprights or fulcrums, levers mounted upon the latter, a follow-block connected to the inner ends of said levers by loose joints, a vertically-sliding follower, rods connecting the outer ends of said follower with the outer ends of the levers, and mechanism for operating the follower . . . the follower moving vertically above the sill, levers pivoted to uprights or fulcrums upon the sill, and having inner beveled ends, a follow-block loosely jointed between the inner ends of said levers" (lines 64-77).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskid Device
Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment
Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Stemming Machine
Patent for a machine for stemming tobacco.
Date:
February 25, 1902
Creator:
Bush, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy.
Patent for a toy consisting of two movable figures stationed on a circular base. One figure is hinged using a cord that passes through the base and can be pulled or retracted to allow the figure to collapse and spring upright. The second figure has a spring operated arm to strike and knock down the first figure.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Fermier, Victor E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a nut-lock.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Biggs, Daniel & Alexander, Angus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue.
Patent for a stove-flue, which has a stronger attachment to the casing and has a covering for keeping out rain and snow.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Flue
Patent for a stove flue. Illustration included.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue.
Patent for a stove flue that is more secure in attachment, easier to clean, and is more fireproof to prevent burning of wood parts in the building that the flue is installed in.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Madeley, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Paste Applier.
Patent for shoe-paste applier by using “cotton or cloth, wound into a roll to make the paste-applying element.” (Lines 65-66) “A holding member having terminal arms held associated by being twisted together and a curved intermediated coiled portion to house the paste-applying element, and a handle for receiving the twisted portions of the arms.” (Lines 15-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Smith, William Roland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mortise and Tenon
Patent for a mortise and tenon to be used for securing parts of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Harris, Lawrence P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Ballard, Johnathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings
Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Price, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History